The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-11-16
SULLIVAN Is THE CRAZE.

DU LII AN 10 LIE OhALE.
All ENGLAND CONVINCED THAT HE
rs A VERY GREAT MAN.
Buffalo Bill Nowhere since the Mig Fell
lew Arrived Birmingham Irsn werkers
wild Over Him-He IL oivins Many Ex-
hibitisns, aad Money Flows In Fast.
coywtoh. 1887 by Tns suN Printing and Isoiishing
Assocfdton
BIRMINGHAM, Nov. 15.-Sullivan, who came
to this country great man. he's been growing
steadily greater every day. Now, in the esti-
nation OF millions In England who think box
ing the most beautiful of earthly institutions,
no one In really great but he. The Prince Of
Wales. the Sultan Of Morocco. and Gen. Bou-
LANCER are not In It. Two weeks ago Birming-
ham began talking OF the man with the fearful
left and the disastrous right, whose specially
was the knocking out OF champions. and
since his arrival hero excitement has
grown into o frenzy OF reverential wor-
ship. He has boxed twice. and 10000
mon have been to see him. nearly all OF
whom were workingmen. and each paying one
or moro days wages for the privilege OF an
evenings study with the greatest master OF
sluRging. He has done nothing but exhibit
his huge pink body and knock about with his
field, and sensitive mind. framed In deli
cato body. is shocked and marvels ct the bad
taste of the twenty thousand.
But to the Birmingham ironworker good box
ing IL mans greatest achievement, and Sullivan
Is the Michael Angelo Of tho art and one who
exhibits all its beauties in four rounds OF
Just twelve minutes. Fancy how long-haired
students in velvet jackets would rush for tick
cts II Mr.. Raphael could come back. hire hall.
and paint his sistlns Madonna under their
eyes, and you get an idea Of the rush there has
been to see Sullivan here.
He has been compelled to move secretly from
one hotel to another less known and to make
secret Of his whereabouts. He is followed on
tho streets. raced after by cheering crowds
when he drives, until 1t really seems as though
half tho male population Of the place had aban-
doned all other occupations and enrolled them
selves on an impromptu reception committee.
To-day Sullivan Is resting. and gloating over
various facts. occasionally interrupting his
eloating to make speech and try to persuade
his admirers to 60 away. Speechmaking is
quite natural to him. and he no longer con-
fines himself to the words Gentlemen. very
thankful to one and ALL" &c. His Grating vo-
csbulary amounts now to very nearly 500
words. and his success has been SO great that
on his return home. laden with honors and tho
professional scalps Of prize fighters. he may be
expected to enter the great foggy field Of
politics.
The facts over which Sullivan does the Rloat-
ing alluded to above are these: He has been
received at the railroad stations at Liverpool.
London. Birmingham, and everywhere else by
bigger crowds and more enthusiastic ones
than any man who ever came to this country,
without exception. He has stirred UP more
real enthusiasm In five minutes with his fists
chan the Queens jubilee. backed by all the
homo and foreign royalties, could do in an en-
tire summer. The English newspapers have
printed moro about him in two weeks than
Ihsy have about all the prize fights
put together In two years. and they
have compared him with every great man
from Achilles down to Gladstone. usual
~ giving him preference. His picture.
the swallow-tan coat one keeps company In
all the shops with the Prineess Of Wales the
meas1eB- stricken Brincesses, and other great
ones Of the earth. Every one who has seen him
has bowed down. No one has dared to oriti-
cise tho title Of Marvel" conferred upon him.
He is endorsed BY every one. and whoever
wishes extravagantly to praise his right finds
nothing 80 fitting to say as that 1t is as good as
his loft. Buffalo Bill. that other lion from the
States, Is fast being ousted. and tho green Of
envy made his eyes emeralds as he sat last
night and watched his great compatriot stir
up frenzy that all his buf1aloes and Indians
could never hope to produce.
Sullivan's friends are as happy as he Is, for
ambition has fired him and he does not drink
has not done SO at all yet, treats prominent
local men who come in swarms with kind
condescension that is very beneficial to the
gate receipts. and while preserving the i'm
mn xn 1ioh ~ xon hot
indulge the fondness with which he Is credited
for running the tall hats Of others.
All the other little boxing affairs have sunk
to nothingness. Kilrain Is almost forgotten,
and Smith shines only as o man who comes
next to the great one. Mitchell, with a per-
sstency that may result in his getting knocked
out. continues to challenge, and now begs
Sullivan to deposit f20O with the Marquis Of
Queensberry. But these demonstrations are as
UNDECIDED as the noisy barking aroused in
Rs the 81 tba
Pony Moore has bet ,s4oo on Kilrain against
the result q the Coming light in spain; which
ToR ess that Pony is
sULLIvANs ENGAGEMENTs.
Boston. Nov. led Holske. Sullivan's ad-
vance agent writes from London regarding his
here az the worlds champion. kilrain and
srs and little interest e manifested in the
q the Royal Aquarium for 10, while declined
instead signed q contract for our champion to
s sna .sss ao h hall ss nsn s
glass show. and pay all expenses out Of their